Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
to pigeonhole
Portuguese translation:
classificar/categorizar
Added to glossary by
Paula Vaz-Carreiro
Aug 24, 2007 14:06
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English term
Brazil
Translation is always my business
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
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pigeon hole
English to Portuguese
Other
Computers: Software
Informática
Groovy is too flexible to be pigeon-holed.
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
| 5 | não dá para classificar |
Paula Vaz-Carreiro
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| 5 +1 | categorizado |
Marlene Curtis
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Change log
Sep 2, 2007 09:58: Paula Vaz-Carreiro Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Paula Vaz-Carreiro
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Portuguese
Benchmark Translations
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Works in: Portuguese, English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 1 more.
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não dá para classificar
the software they are talking about, is apparently so good and so flexible that you can't easily put it into an existing category (to pigeon hole something is to give it some label according to its nature).
Fantastico, é tão flexivel/inovativo que é impossivel de classificar/não dá para classificar
something like that. HTH
Fantastico, é tão flexivel/inovativo que é impossivel de classificar/não dá para classificar
something like that. HTH
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Comment: "Obrigado."
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10 mins
Marlene Curtis
United States
United States
Native in English
&
Portuguese
Specializes in field
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese , English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
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527
categorizado
This question was answered about a week ago, but here it is.
Example sentence:
Children are usually pigeonholed at mainstream schools, and are often unable to realize their full potential.
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